BW Morning Article Link: The Dark Knight “Sitcom”

The Joker as he appears in the show bible for Batman: The Animated Series.

Here’s an interesting little experiment for you. What happens if you take a scene from the very serious Batman flick The Dark Knight and toss in a laugh track? Here’s an old Entertainment Weekly article with the answer.

Jake & Leon #368: Partial Upgrade

They added the features you wanted and you didn’t have to pay. You just can’t use them although they were in the last version.

I love Clip Studio Paint, and now that I’m digitally drawing as well as the old-fashioned method it serves me well. However I’ve been having some trouble with putting it on my older laptop. I understand that later programs bring about new features that might need more advanced software, including the operating system. However, the problem I’m currently having does not happen with the same feature in Manga Studio 5. It was a free upgrade to Clip Studio and it works okay on my other computer with a slightly later operating system, but that leads to layout problems. I was going to go into more detail for The Clutter Reports this week but surprise events foiled that, so this week’s project was more email clearing. I hope to have some work around solutions but the laptop also gets really warm and that’s not Clip Studio’s fault. Still I have the option in my drawing corner.

I’ve got another Versus article coming this week, but I need to watch the movie in question to refresh my memory before I can properly respond. BW’s Best FNF continues, but that’s all I have to report. I know what I want to write about but we’ll see if I can get to any of it.

Saturday Night Showcase: Big Hero Six The Series

So it turns out the episode up on Disney’s YouTube channel isn’t “Baymax Returns”, the hour-long episode that shows how the end credit to Big Hero Six the movie took place. You know, where Baymax was brought back (hence the episode name) and the team became the city’s crimefighters, while also taking on the name Big Hero 6. It’s a good story and I recommend it. However, I can show you the first actual episode as the team takes on their first supervillains.

For those you who missed the movie, or my Finally Watched review, Big Hero 6 takes the name and not much else from the Marvel comics Japanese superhero team. Instead we find ourselves in the future city of San Fransokyo, a strange but visually interesting merging of San Francisco and Tokyo. In the episode “Issue 188” the team deals with a mother/daughter villain team who treats crime as a rock performance while Hiro has to deal with being forced to make friends with the only other gifted teenager on campus. And yes, the dean is introduced in “Baymax Returns”.

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“Yesterday’s” Comic> Batman: Gotham Adventures #14

“Trash my book, will you?” (No, really, that’s the plot.)

Batman: Gotham Adventures #14

DC Comics (July, 1999)

“Masks Of Love: A Harley Quinn Romance”

WRITER: Ty Templeton

PENCILER: Craig Rosseau

INKER: Stan Woch

COLORIST: Lee Loughridge

LETTERER: Tim Harkins

ASSOCIATE EDITOR: Joseph Illidge

EDITOR: Darren Vincenzo

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BW’s Best Friday Night Fights part 6

Sorry this is so late tonight. I had another dental appointment and it looks like I’m losing another tooth. But at least they won’t be punching it out. See, it’s a segue.

Part 1|Part 2|Part 3|Part 4|Part 5

The boxer-themed fights continue in this section as we fought over Michael Moorer (not to be confused with Michael Moore–he can’t fight anybody), Larry Holmes, and Vito Antuofermo. Spacebooger must be a real boxing fan to know about that last one. Then again I’m not so I only heard of Holmes in passing.

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“Yesterday’s” Comic> Robotech: Return To Macross #17

For the record, Battletech has a right to exist and it's pretty cool. The problem is the early years, when they outright lifted Macross/Robotech Battloid designs.

“Looks like those Battletech guys are back.”

Robotech: Return To Macross #17

Academy Comics LTD. (January, 1995)

WRITER: Bill Spangler

ARTIST/LETTERER: Sean Bishop

For the record, Battletech has a right to exist and it’s pretty cool. The problem is the early years, when they outright lifted Macross/Robotech Battloid designs.

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BW Morning Trailer: Live-Action Dumbo

Yep, another Disney animated classic going live-action. Has Disney just abandoned what made Disney? Okay, let’s see it.

Is anybody else NOT getting a Dumbo vibe from this movie? What’s it about?

From Disney and visionary director Tim Burton, the all-new grand live-action adventure “Dumbo” expands on the beloved classic story where differences are celebrated, family is cherished and dreams take flight. Circus owner Max Medici (Danny DeVito) enlists former star Holt Farrier (Colin Farrell) and his children Milly (Nico Parker) and Joe (Finley Hobbins) to care for a newborn elephant whose oversized ears make him a laughingstock in an already struggling circus. But when they discover that Dumbo can fly, the circus makes an incredible comeback, attracting persuasive entrepreneur V.A. Vandevere (Michael Keaton), who recruits the peculiar pachyderm for his newest, larger-than-life entertainment venture, Dreamland. Dumbo soars to new heights alongside a charming and spectacular aerial artist, Colette Marchant (Eva Green), until Holt learns that beneath its shiny veneer, Dreamland is full of dark secrets.

So…is Dreamland going to be a stand-in for the Disney parks? Has Disney really lost their way that much? Well, they put Tim Burton on yet another Disney live-actioned not-stalgia production so I’m going to say yes. Apparently we learned nothing from Alice In Wonderland did we Disney?